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• David W. Devonshire and Edward A. Snyder Elected as Directors of Career Education Corporation

  - 2008-03-24

  Steven H. Lesnik Elected Chairman of Board of Directors HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. -- Career Education Corporation (NASDAQ:CECO) announced today that Edward Ted A. Snyder, dean and George Pratt Shultz Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business, and David W. Devonshire, former executive vice president...

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• Influential economist Milton Friedman dies at age 94

  - 2006-11-17

  WASHINGTON -- Nobel Memorial Prize-winning economist Milton Friedman, an outspoken advocate of free markets and free choice, adviser to presidents and best-selling author, died Thursday at 94. Often described as one of the most influential economists of the last century, Friedman died of heart failure in San Francisco. "He had...

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• Business Services.(Focus: Who's Who)

  - 2006-09-04

  GARY D. AHLQUIST Senior vice-president, managing partner Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. Chicago Age: 53 Business: Management consulting Revenues millions: $3,700 Professional: Economic Club Civic: Children's Home...

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• Financial Services.(Focus: Who's Who)

  - 2006-09-04

  Carl S. Allegretti Midwest regional managing partner Deloitte Tax LLP Chicago Age: 45 Business: Professional services Revenues millions: $7,800 (Deloitte & Touche LLP) Professional: Economic Club; Chicago Business Forum;...

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• Erroll B. Davis Jr. named chancellor-designate of the University System of Georgia

  - 2005-12-29

  ATLANTA Erroll B. Davis Jr., chairman of Wisconsin-based Alliant Energy Corp., has been named chancellor-designate of the University System of Georgia, the board of regents announced recently. Davis will assume the chancellor's position in early 2006. Davis will fill the position vacated by former Chancellor Thomas C....

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• Food.(Focus: Who's Who)

  - 2005-09-05

  Rick Bayless Chef, owner Frontera Grill, Topolobampo Partner Frontera Foods, Frontera Media Productions Chicago Age: 51 Business: Restaurants, prepared foods, television production, cookbooks ...

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• Spotlight: RTA chief looks to get funding back on track.(People)(Regional Transportation Authority)(Brief Article)

  - 2005-06-20

  Byline: Gregory Meyer Job: Chairman, Regional Transportation Authority, the umbrella agency overseeing the Chicago Transit Authority, Metra and Pace, effective June 14. Vitals: 60 years old; bachelor's degree in sociology, Illinois College, 1967; law degree, University of Chicago, 1972. Former state...

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• Business Services.(Who's Who in Chicago Business 2004)

  - 2004-09-06

  Gary D. Ahlquist Senior vice-president, managing partner Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. Chicago Age: 51 Business: Management consulting Revenues millions: $2,700 worldwide Professional: Economic Club Civic: Chicago...

  Tags: CEO, chairman, consulting, leadership, Outsourcing, president, University of Chicago

• CME establishes Competitive Markets Advisory Council; New "Think Tank" includes three Nobel Prize winners and will serve as an intellectual resource for CME and the CME Center for Innovation.

  - 2004-03-19

  M2 PRESSWIRE-19 March 2004-Chicago Mercantile Exchange: CME establishes Competitive Markets Advisory Council; New "Think Tank" includes three Nobel Prize winners and will serve as an intellectual resource for CME and the CME Center for InnovationC1994-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:03182004 CHICAGO...

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• #2: 2002 Who's Who of Chicago Executives.(Crain's Extra: Who's Who In Chicago Business 2002)

  - 2002-09-02

  Albert A. Cozzi Chairman, CEO Metal Management Inc. Chicago Age: 57 Business: Scrap recycling Revenues millions: $631 Professional: World Presidents Organization; Executives' Club Robert W. Crawford...

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